Today is not April Fool's Day, but it is better than April Fool's Day.
Because just now, Dyson, released a headset.
This headset is a combination of "headset + air purifier".
It not only supports active noise reduction and solves noise pollution; it also supports air purification to solve air pollution.
Kill two birds with one stone.
You read that right, Dyson's first "air purification headphones" are really coming-
An air purifier worn on your head
The headset is called "Dyson Zone".
At first glance, its shape is full of metal feeling, like a combination of headphones and masks.
The protagonist has just returned from the 2032 air pollution hit area, telling us that music and fresh air can enter the brain together.
Wear an air purifier on your head – for the first time I felt dyson could have a product so well matched by its name.
Purify the air
Dyson proposed the concept of "mobile purification" on this headset.
In other words, you can breathe fresh air not only at home, but also in the smog of various cities.
Two purification systems are used here at Dyson Zone.
The first is mobile purification technology.
The headphone chambers on both sides are stuffed with a "dual purification system" that contains a motor that can actively inhale the outside air and then filter out polluting and harmful gases.
Dyson has developed an "electrostatic filter media".
It actively attracts dust and particles from the air.
In this way, the large filter like the motorcycle hood can be turned into a small, slim filter and put into the ear cups.
After being filtered, the outside air is transferred to the front mask.
Then there's the innovation of breathing airflow technology.
Dyson has created a new non-contact mask.
Air will enter the middle of the mouth and nose from both sides of the headset and then exhale from the middle, continuously delivering clean airflow, all without contact.
It's like creating a breathing area with clean air directly in your mouth.
Purify the noise
The headphone styling is coming, and I can't put on a song to say that I can't go over.
Dyson combined the concept of mobile purification with an acoustic system, and the Dyson Zone became an air-purifying headset.
The earcups of this headset can completely envelop the ears, and it is also equipped with active noise cancellation technology, which can capture external noise from the outside.
At the same time, the interior is equipped with an algorithm to reduce noise when the noise is close to the headphones.
To maintain good audio quality, Dyson also designed large cavities, speaker drivers, and frequency responses that match a wide range.
But how the specific sense of listening, wait for the love fan to evaluate it later.
Redefining "Headphones"
Dyson has never made headphones, but air purification Dyson is an old expert.
All along, every product of Dyson has been innovating and subverting, and the products are also very diverse, such as leafless and noiseless hair dryers, curling irons that do not hurt hair, natural lighting lamps that can be used for a lifetime...
But Dyson's core technology is still air purification.
From the beginning of the wireless bagless vacuum cleaner, to all kinds of leafless electric fans that can humidify the air, purify the air, heat and cool the air.
This air purification headset, Dyson also said that after 30 years of filtration technology accumulation, research and development for 6 years, more than 500 models iteration.
In 2016, Dyson internally proposed the concept of "mobile purification", and then began air research in cities around the world.
Two years later, they began testing the product and found that putting the filter inside the headphones would achieve the best spatial purification effect.
This is probably why headphones are connected to masks.
Since the beginning of 2019, products have begun to design different models according to different faces, continue to create the applicability of internal parts of the product, and the integration of purification technology and noise reduction technology.
After all, putting a lot of complex purification systems into two small headphone chambers is indeed not a simple task.
Finally, there is this futuristic mobile purification device.
Global air pollution has always been a serious problem.
This air purification headset achieves convenient outdoor air purification, but it is also a very suitable product for the current situation.
And Dyson CEO Jim Rowan has mentioned in previous interviews that [Chinese consumers] like to embrace new technologies and are quite open to disruptive products.
At the moment of the epidemic, we pay more attention to breathing than ever.
However, it is an air purification headset, which has no protection level and cannot be used as an epidemic prevention mask.
In any case, we are happy to see that the future of wearable devices has emerged a new possibility.
Note: The picture in this article is from Dyson